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Originally Posted by rhino
Not sure if this was covered in this thread but maybe the guy can’t match lines very well. Seems like his home nhl coaching record is right around 500. Could explain why the team is better on the road?
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Originally Posted by Robbob
He gets the 3m line against the other teams best line all the time at home. No complaints there. I think the team being young they lose focus and get away from the system at home as they are dialed in on the road. I think they may be trying to hard to impress the home crowd.
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One issue with line matching at home is that Backlund's one big flaw is his faceoff ability. He loses or gets waived a fair bit. So GG can put the 3M line out against the top line but as soon as they lose the faceoff, the opposition can change. Now that can have the effect of limiting their time, so that's a good thing.